California USA-1981: Siamese Cat with Blue Eyes and Dark Points

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Year1981
Decade1980s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1981 California

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Siamese Cat with Blue Eyes and Dark Points — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1981 captures a gorgeous Siamese cat with striking blue eyes, its dark points and cream-colored fur clearly visible. The cat, wearing a collar, looks directly at the camera with a calm, slightly indifferent expression in close-up shots. Later frames show the cat resting on a patterned tablecloth beside a red cylindrical object, with a floral arrangement and teacup in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and warm, slightly faded colors, evoking a nostalgic 1980s home movie aesthetic.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123028036

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1981 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1981 home-movie requests needing a quiet domestic pet insert, especially archival sequences about cats, household life, or personal memory in California.
Period detail: Visible period clues include soft 8mm color, flash-lit indoor framing, a patterned tablecloth, houseplants, and small tabletop decor that may show an early-1980s home setting.
Home-movie behavior: The cat appears calmly observed at close range, giving the clip an unstaged household feel rather than a posed studio animal portrait.
What appears in frame: The frames show a Siamese cat, blue reflective eyes, a collar, patterned tablecloth, red cylindrical object, white cup or planter, flowers, and dark interior background.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, slight softness, warm faded color, and flash-like exposure that give it clear physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, pet-memory insert, domestic transition, or quiet visual pause within a family archive sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a household pet in a private interior, offering modest visual context for everyday companion-animal life in a California home-movie collection.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the private interior and pet footage may still require property, copyright, and collection-source review before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1981 8mm Siamese cat footage, vintage home movie pet close-up, blue-eyed cat indoors, and California domestic animal archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1981 California home interiors, then broader vintage pet and household-animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1981 California home-movie close-up of a Siamese cat with reflective blue eyes and dark facial points facing the camera indoors. — A Siamese cat looks directly toward the camera in close-up.

Close-up of a collared Siamese cat in a California 1981 home-movie frame, its eyes catching the light in a private interior. — The collared Siamese cat remains still in a tight indoor close-up.

A Siamese cat rests on a patterned tablecloth beside a red cylindrical object, with small flowers and a white cup or planter behind it. — The cat sits on a tablecloth near a red cylindrical object and tabletop decor.

The Siamese cat lies on the patterned tabletop near a red cylinder, with plants or flowers and household objects visible in the background. — The cat rests calmly on the table as home decor fills the background.

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